Beauty No. 1

Beauty #1
Directed by Andy Warhol
Written by Chuck Wein
Starring Edie Sedgwick
Kip Stagg AKA Bima Stagg
Chuck Wein
Release dates
Unreleased
Running time
Unknown
Country United States
Language English

Beauty No. 1 is a 1965 film by Andy Warhol starring Edie Sedgwick, Kip Stagg aka Bima Stagg, and Chuck Wein.

Synopsis and background

Beauty No. 1 is a precursor to Andy Warhol's better known follow up, Beauty No. 2 and was originally titled Beauty.

The movie features Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, and Kip Stagg aka Bima Stagg. The film has a fixed point of view showing a bed with two characters on it, Sedgwick and Stagg. Chuck Wein is heard speaking but is just out of view. Sedgwick, in a skimpy outfit of bra and panties, and Stagg, wearing only jockey shorts, engage in flirting and light kissing. Wein asks Sedgwick questions seemingly designed to harass and annoy her. Stagg is more or less a bystander not interacting with Wein.

After dissatisfaction with performances in the first shoot, Warhol re-cast and re-shot Beauty as Beauty No. 2, with Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein and Gino Piserchio reprising the role of Kip Stagg.

The dialogue seems as if it were created ad lib and no conclusions are reached in the film.

The original film negative is maintained by the Andy Warhol Museum.[1]

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